By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Lawmakers from the Mon Valley are applauding the state Office of the Budget for awarding millions of dollars worth of grants that will benefit local communities and de...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Area Revitalization Corporation has announced the winners of its fourth annual Fall Harvest/Halloween decorating contest. In the Halloween categ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The second annual golf outing in honor of a late North Belle Vernon councilman raised several thousand dollars for a good cause. The RJ Sokol Memorial Golf Outing wa...

Karter Brookshire, 6, and his brother, Kannon, 3, enjoy potato chips during Monessen’s football game against Beth-Center Friday night.  

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Across the Mon Valley, people have decked their homes with cobwebs, skeletons, pumpkins, hay bales, tombstones and inflatable monsters to celebrate the spooky s...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Street Department plans to install 25 new street lamps along West Main Street between Second and Fourth streets over the next month and a half. ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Motorists driving through the heart of McKeesport have been relieved in recent months as the Jerome Street Bridge has been open in both directions. Although traffic is...

Frazier Elementary School held its second annual Trunk or Treat event Friday. From left are Principal Amanda Law and teachers Donna Semon, Susan Guiser, Leigh Ann Morsey and Rebecca Barota.

Gregory Oslowski and his grandson, Cole Oslowski, paid tribute to the movie “Jaws” Thursday in Donora’s Halloween parade.

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen will open 2023 will an economic summit designed to address the future of the city, blight removal and redevelopment. Mayor Ron Mozer intends to bring tog...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Township’s zoning hearing board unanimously approved a floodplain variance for Hyperion Midstream on Wednesday. The Olympus Energy subsidiary is no...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com “Age is just a number”   It’s is a simple, common phrase to utter, but even the most active and spry senior citizens know that things can be a little more complicated ...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania officials are warning drivers to stay alert as deer crossings will likely increase over the next few weeks. Deer become more active in the fall, or...

In the photo above, Giana Giovanucci, Arya Giovanucci, 3, Michelle Satterfield and Mary Joe Giovanucci of Monongahela are shown at Wednesday’s Halloween parade in Monongahela. At right, the Grinch arr...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Students at Twin Rivers Elementary School and members of the McKeesport Tigers football team are set to be featured on the big screen. The McKeesport Area School Board...

By Kate Huangpu and Stephen Caruso Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — It’s showtime for Pennsylvania’s brand-new legislative districts. The revamped state House and Senate lines were approved by a commission m...

By RALPH STONE MVI columnist Nearing the end of my ninth decade, I am thankful that most of the methods and way we celebrated Halloween are, indeed, a thing of the past. I would not appreciate cleanin...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com As Halloween approaches, Glassport Borough is looking to get into the holiday spirit with its third annual Halloween House Decorating Contest. The competition has beco...

By Matt Petras For the MVI Broom, a Belle Vernon-based metal and classic rock band, won this year’s SPARK Battle of the Bands competition at The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls, which nets it a recorded 10-son...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com X’eriee Griffin, 11, volunteered Tuesday at Mon Valley Youth and Teen Association’s Kid Connection after-school program. The program hosts around 55 students fr...